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and that is israel. rather, we came to affirm the legitimacy of a state that must now achieve its independence, and that is palestine. >> but the u.s. is calling it an empty gesture because it doesn't really give the palestinians what they want. anything on the ground isn't likely to change, soon. so let's take a listen to what u.s. ambassador susan rice said. she spoke a little bit about this when explaining why the u.s. voted against this measure. >> the united states agrees, strongly, today's grand pronouncement will soon fade and the palestinian people will wake up tomorrow and find that little about their lives has changed. >> so everyone's looking to see what president abbas does now. he says we'll go straight to negotiations. but what the u.s. is worried about is that the palestinians now have more tools to challenge israel on the international stage they could go to the criminal court over the occupation, including settlement activities and this is going to further marginalize israel. israel's th
and that is israel. rather, we came to affirm the legitimacy of a state that must now achieve its independence, and that is palestine. >> but the u.s. is calling it an empty gesture because it doesn't really give the palestinians what they want. anything on the ground isn't likely to change, soon. so let's take a listen to what u.s. ambassador susan rice said. she spoke a little bit about this when explaining why the u.s. voted against this measure. >> the united states agrees,...
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at least three in israel that's known of according to israel. the idf, israeli defense forces, say that some 800 to 900 rockets in total have been fired toward israel from gaza. just yesterday israel said they had about 120 airstrikes on various targets. but as the days progress, the number of startargets that isra can have is dwindling. they're now hitting buildings that in one case they said was owned by a hamas militant, a commander. that was the building yesterday that they hit that 11 people died, 10 members of one family were staying in the building. israel initially said they killed that member of hamas. they've now walked that back and said it's unclear whether or not he was at the house at the time. but there was a funeral today for the members of that -- the ten members of that family. ben wedeman was there. rockets went off durg the funeral. according to ben wedeman he was saying people in the funeral party were chanting "revenge, reven revenge." >> you mentioned last hour, just in terms of painting the picture of the city on the grou
at least three in israel that's known of according to israel. the idf, israeli defense forces, say that some 800 to 900 rockets in total have been fired toward israel from gaza. just yesterday israel said they had about 120 airstrikes on various targets. but as the days progress, the number of startargets that isra can have is dwindling. they're now hitting buildings that in one case they said was owned by a hamas militant, a commander. that was the building yesterday that they hit that 11...
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in israel, egypt and ramala. that begins tomorrow morning this morning, new rocket launches into jerusalem. israelis carrying ought more than 80 air strikes overnight. launching 95 rockets back across the border. 38 more palestinians have been killed in the last 24 hours. cnn has the gaza conflict covered from all sides. arwa damon is on the ground in gaza city. and fred pleitgen is in ashkelon, israel. let's begin with frederick. >> reporter: can you so that city you see down here, that is already part of the gaza strip. what we're hearing, as we're reporting here, is that israeli warplanes are overhead and also drones that are circling in the area, basically constantly. there's also some firing going on. we believe that's outgoing artillery fire by the israeli military. we're not sure what that's about, if they're targeting anything or calibrating their weapons. very close to here, obviously, they have a big military buildup with a lot of forces there that might be calibrating their weapons, of course, for a po
in israel, egypt and ramala. that begins tomorrow morning this morning, new rocket launches into jerusalem. israelis carrying ought more than 80 air strikes overnight. launching 95 rockets back across the border. 38 more palestinians have been killed in the last 24 hours. cnn has the gaza conflict covered from all sides. arwa damon is on the ground in gaza city. and fred pleitgen is in ashkelon, israel. let's begin with frederick. >> reporter: can you so that city you see down here, that...
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into southern israel. the tipping point for this new violence was israel's assassination of the top hamas military commander. brings us right to sara sidner. she's live for us in gaza city. sara, good morning. >> good morning. yes, we've been seeing air strikes again and again here in gaza city. we've seen more than a dozen air strikes since we've been here, which is a few hours. on the other side of the border, we've been seeing rockets coming in. we're talking about dozens of rockets since the targeted killing of ahmed al jabari, the head of hamas' military wing. now, what we have also seen in the streets are thousands upon thousands of people who participated in the funeral for al jabari. he's not only the head of the military, he was not only a man, a commander of the military, but a man who was one of the founders of hamas, a symbolic member of hamas. so many, many people out to commemorate his death. we saw shooting in the streets, as you see a lot of times during funerals and also for times of celeb
into southern israel. the tipping point for this new violence was israel's assassination of the top hamas military commander. brings us right to sara sidner. she's live for us in gaza city. sara, good morning. >> good morning. yes, we've been seeing air strikes again and again here in gaza city. we've seen more than a dozen air strikes since we've been here, which is a few hours. on the other side of the border, we've been seeing rockets coming in. we're talking about dozens of rockets...
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, protesting against israel. their soldiers shot in the air once, then shot at their legs. the israeli military not confirming a death or injuries but they are investigating at this point in time. this comes at a very fragile time, because this cease-fire that's been in place now for less than 48 hours, one of the things that was continued upon is that there was no firing or aggression from either side towards one another. and now we're seeing this incide incident. so far there hasn't been any comments from either government, neither hamas nor the israeli government about what they may or may not do but there has also not been an escalation which is good news. so far the cease-fire still holding. but a lot of concern is happening at a very difficult time when everyone is on tenterhooks waiting to see if the cease-fire holds for a longer time. >> sara sidner live for us in jerusalem. >> let's talk more about this right now. we're going to bring in veteran middle east analyst robin wright at the woodrow wilson cent
, protesting against israel. their soldiers shot in the air once, then shot at their legs. the israeli military not confirming a death or injuries but they are investigating at this point in time. this comes at a very fragile time, because this cease-fire that's been in place now for less than 48 hours, one of the things that was continued upon is that there was no firing or aggression from either side towards one another. and now we're seeing this incide incident. so far there hasn't been any...